[ adj ] disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge <adj.all> more vindictive than jealous lovepunishments...essentially vindictive in their nature
It's an alternative way to get two things done at lunch." Marion Barry's lawyer is portraying Rasheeda Moore as a vengeful ex-lover who trapped the mayor in an FBI sting operation because he had abandoned her for another woman.
Considering the galvanic role afforded Glenn Close as the vengeful other woman, you might think that Archer would have had reservations about her role.
It would also present Saddam's subordinates with the prospect of being tried for war crimes, or even being captured by vengeful Iraqi mobs as the war ends.
"An animal wouldn't do this," he said. "I'm not a vengeful person, but I would like to push the button, pull the rope, cut them up myself." Lt.
Susan Jaffe is a fine and menacing Myrtha, and Deane - who has restored a powerful sense of terror to this act - makes us feel a frisson of Romantic horror amid the circlings of vampiric, vengeful wilis.
An FBI informant masquerading as a convicted Mafia boss told Fulminante that he heard rumors from other inmates that he had killed the girl, and he offered to protect Fulminante from vengeful inmates if he'd tell him the truth.
"It's unfortunate that people don't forget these things during times of disaster, but human beings are vengeful," he said.
"Business is all too good for me," the psychologist says. "It's a change from recent years," he adds, warning that the workplace is well on the way to becoming a breeding ground for vengeful acts.
This week's well-timed and well-publicised arrival of its accusations in the state prosecutor's hands has roused speculation that standing behind the shield of anonymity is a vengeful Mr Heinz Schimmelbusch, MG's sacked and disgraced former chairman.
Marion Barry's lawyer is portraying Rasheeda Moore as a vengeful ex-lover who trapped the mayor in an FBI sting operation because he had abandoned her for another woman.